Managing Menus, Categories & Subcategories

Created by Harriet Medlicott, Modified on Fri, 7 Oct, 2022 at 4:53 PM by Harriet Medlicott

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Menu Management

Within Piranha's Advanced search, there are three ways to classify recipes:

Menus
Categories
Subcategories

Every organisation has their own approach to how these classification options are implemented to best suit their needs - there's no right or wrong way. Some basic examples are shown below:

Menus: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Special
Categories: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, Other
Subcategories: Hot, Cold, Base Recipes

A recipe can be associated with one menu, category and subcategory.

Once these are set up, and recipes assigned, you can use the classification drop-downs to quickly find your recipes.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Getting Started
Managing Classification Labels
Managing Recipes
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Getting Started

If you try to access the Manage recipe classifications page but your profile is not set up to do so, you will be alerted. Contact the Pi Helpdesk to request for your profile settings to be adjusted.

Select the Piranha module from the left-hand navigation bar
Select Recipes
Select the Advanced search checkbox
Select one of the three drop-downs (Menu, Category, Subcategory)
Click to Manage...
You will be taken to the Manage recipe classifications page

Managing Classification Labels

Over time, it's likely that you will need to add, remove and update these classifications. Using the Labels panel will allow you to complete these actions. Use the tabs to switch between each of the classification types - they all work in the same way. This is achieved by following the steps below...

i. Adding Labels

Select the required tab as appropriate
Type the label name in the Add a label text field
Click the Add button

ii. Edit Existing Labels

Select the required tab as appropriate
Click the pencil icon to the right of your label name you wish to edit
Edit the label name in the opened text field
Click anywhere outside of this field when you're done

Label changes will be updated automatically against any assigned recipes.

iii. Deleting Existing Labels

Select the required tab as appropriate
Click the X icon for the label you wish to remove
Select Yes to confirm the action

Any recipes associated with the deleted label will be removed and replaced with None.

Managing Recipes

The Recipes panel allows you to search for recipes and then take actions with them. Available actions are:

Apply selected label
Remove selected label
Hide
Unhide

The Apply and Remove actions will update your chosen labels and recipes. The Hide and Unhide actions will update your selected recipes only.

This is achieved by following the steps below...

Use the search features at the top of the Recipes panel to find the required group of recipes
Based on the search criteria, select the checkboxes to the left of the recipes that require managing (you can also select all recipes using the top-level checkbox in the recipe list header)
Once recipes have been selected, they will be highlighted green
Select the required label tab and then label (within the left-hand Labels pane)
Once a label has been selected, this will be highlighted green
Finally, use the Actions drop-down to choose the task to be performed

Steps 4 and 5 are only required if applying/removing recipes from labels.

You can also assign these labels within the recipe itself. This is found under the Categorisation section from the Recipe information tab.

Contact Us

If you need any additional help, please get in touch.

For Allergen and Nutrition data queries, email piranhadata@pelicanprocurement.co.uk